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SEN School cleaning services are specialist by the very nature of the additional considerations that must be given, with many of the most vulnerable pupils in our communities attending them.
By creating an inclusive environment where all students, regardless of their abilities, can thrive and reach their full potential, the primary aim of SEN schools is achieved. Key to this is a clean, safe and hygienic environment.
Selecting a great SEN school cleaning company that understand the unique challenges faced in your school can work towards improvement of your Ofsted rating, by showing your commitment to continual improvement and development. Selecting a reliable special educational needs school cleaning company will be key in allowing you to focus on running your educational premises.
SEN schools usually require a team of cleaners every single day to reset the school for the next day, with supervisors to keep everything running smoothly and to monitor cleaning standards. Supervisors at SEN schools will usually be working ones (that is, they split their shift for some cleaning duties and supervision duties) apart from larger sites, where their role is to solely supervise and organise larger teams of cleaning staff. SEN school cleaning services will vary in their setup dependant on the size of the school, and in turn the size of of the cleaning team.
All SEN school cleaners should be highly vetted by the special education needs school cleaning company to include enhanced child workforce DBS checked with barred list clearance, and subject to a rigorous company selection process to ensure they are going to be a good fit at the premises, and work with a smile whilst keeping staff and pupils safe.
Special educational needs school cleaning challenges go beyond regular schools. With advanced facilities including sensory rooms, swimming pools and advanced medical equipment including hoists, clinical levels of cleanliness are essential.
At Green Fox Cleaning, we also specialise in medical premises cleaning services, where we clean to a clinical cleaning standard. By cleaning to a CQC compliant standard daily in medical premises, you can be assured your SEN school will be safe for your pupils, staff and visitors alike.
"Our school cleaning service from Green Fox Cleaning is excellent and I take every opportunity to tell them how happy we are with their work."
School Business Manager at an SEN School where Green Fox provide daily school cleaning services
There are many benefits from outsourcing your special educational school cleaning services to a good cleaning company is becoming more and more common in not only educational premises, but in all sectors. Cleaning standards being monitored, holiday and sickness being covered with replacement cleaners and not having to budget sick pay etc are just a few benefits of outsourcing such arrangements.
Absolutely! Legislation around this means that the cleaners roles are likely to be protected, but the process of transferring them to an external company is straightforward, as long as the company are experienced in this legislation. Upon transferring to us, all employees benefit from an excellent employee benefits package which includes free 24/7 access to a GP for them and their family, free wellbeing support line, thousands of store and online discounts, plus MUCH more!
As an experienced SEN school cleaning company, at Green Fox Cleaning we are highly experienced at the legislation around this process. You can learn more about the Transfer of undertakings and protection of employment (TUPE) legislative process at this link from a previous article we have written on the subject - click here.
The below list is not exhaustive, but include should be expected as minimum vetting standards by a good school cleaning company:
| Does the company offer: | A formal interview and vetting process, where identification and address verification documentation is seen, and references are obtained |
| Do the company ensure: | A full, enhanced DBS background check is completed on every cleaning operative that will be cleaning your school? |
| Do the company guarantee: | Full training is provided surrounding the safe use of products, and the importance of never leaving chemicals unsupervised |
| Do they ensure: | A detailed site induction is completed, so cleaners know exactly where to work, and where all emergency exits are. |
| Security - do they ensure: | Uniform and ID cards being issued to all claners, to enable easy and quick identification of cleaners whilst on site |
A lot! We deliver thousands of school cleaning hours, every single week through hundreds of school cleaning employees, supported by our local management teams.
Our school and educational premises varies from some schools where we have a single cleaner working, to larger SEN further education sites where we have large cleaning teams working every single day. We work with all SEN schools - from primary schools to SEN colleges and further education premises.
Our in-house training teams, HR team and office support team ensure we are able to deliver the highest possible level of customer service and support.
High quality SEN school cleaning services are essential, but careful consideration should also be given before engaging a company. Ask probing questions from potential companies about their experience in this sector, what safeguarding measures they have in place, and how they can improve the appearance of your school.
You can read more about our school and educational premises cleaning and request a free, no obligation quote by clicking here.
